Stuart Pearce welcomed the news last night that Steven Caulker will be free to
play in the European Under-21 Championship finals this summer after the
Tottenham Hotspur defender’s two-game ban was overturned at a Uefa hearing.

However, the England Under-21 head coach was obliged to accept that Thomas
Ince’s one-game suspension was upheld by a three-man disciplinary panel at
Uefa’s headquarters in Nyon.

But the appeals panel of the European governing body increased the sanctions
against the Serbia federation (FSS) only from one game behind closed doors
to two for the racism and violence that marred the Euro 2013 play-off